Relationship between Mothers Mood and Attachment Style with Their Child educational and Behavioral Problems: Mediating Role of Mother-Child Relationship

Study's aim investigated the mediating role of mother-child relation between mother's mood and mother's attachment style with child behavioral problem. to reach the goal with the use of Mother-Child Relationship Evaluation Revised Adult Attachment Scale (Collins & Read), Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale, Rotter's behavioral inventory, 300 mothers of children with average 9/5 years old, selected via by simple sampling method. Data were analyzed by path analyze. Findings were analyzed by path analysis using LISREL software. The results showed that the two variables of mother's mood and attachment are directly related to children's educational and behavioral problems. However, the mediating variable, ie mother-child relationship, has no significant relationship with children's educational and behavioral problems. In addition, the two variables have been able to explain 55% of children's educational and behavioral problems. According to the research findings, it can be concluded that among the effective factors in interventions in reducing children's educational and behavioral problems, in addition to parenting skills, intervention to improve mood and attachment problems of mothers.